Lens
1999–2000 season
PresidentGervais Martel
ManagerFrançois Brisson
StadiumStade Félix-Bollaert
Division 15th
Coupe de FranceRound of 64
Coupe de la LigueRound of 32
UEFA CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Pascal Nouma
Lamine Sakho (8)
All:
Pascal Nouma (14)
Average home league attendance38,805[1]

The 1999–2000 season was the 93rd season in the existence of RC Lens and the club's 11th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Lens participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France, the Coupe de la Ligue and the UEFA Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000.[2]

Season summary

Lens reached the UEFA Cup semi-final before being eliminated by Arsenal.

First team squad

Squad at end of season[3][2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK France FRA Guillaume Warmuz
2 DF France FRA Éric Sikora
3 DF France FRA Yoann Lachor
4 MF France FRA Olivier Dacourt
5 MF France FRA Jocelyn Blanchard
6 MF France FRA Cyril Rool
7 FW France FRA Bruno Rodriguez
8 MF France FRA Stéphane Collet
9 MF Ghana GHA Alex Nyarko
10 FW France FRA Daniel Moreira
11 FW Cameroon CMR Joseph-Désiré Job[notes 1]
12 MF Morocco MAR Redouanne El Ouardi
13 DF France FRA Youl Mawéné
14 DF Senegal SEN Ferdinand Coly
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 GK France FRA Sébastien Chabbert
18 MF France FRA Philippe Brunel
19 DF France FRA Patrick Barul
20 FW Senegal SEN Lamine Sakho
21 MF France FRA Pascal Nouma
22 DF France FRA Xavier Méride
23 DF Mali MLI Adama Coulibaly
24 DF France FRA José-Karl Pierre-Fanfan
25 DF France FRA Valérien Ismaël
26 MF Martinique MTQ Charles-Édouard Coridon
27 FW France FRA Olivier Bogaczyk
28 DF France FRA Franck Queudrue
29 MF France FRA Ludovic Delporte
30 GK France FRA Cédric Berthelin

Transfers

In

Competitions

French Division 1

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 Lyon 34 16 8 10 45 42 +3 56 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4 Bordeaux 34 15 9 10 52 40 +12 54 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5 Lens 34 14 7 13 42 41 +1 49 Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
6 Saint-Étienne 34 13 9 12 46 47 −1 48
7 Sedan 34 13 9 12 43 44 −1 48 Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
34 14 7 13 42 41  +1 49 9 3 5 28 19  +9 5 4 8 14 22  −8

Last updated: 4 May 2002.
Source: Ligue 1

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH
ResultLWWDLLDLLLWWDDWLDLLWLDWWWWDLLWLWWW
Position1594591412161718171313131214131516161616141210689121111975
Source: Ligue 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

UEFA Cup

First round

16 September 1999 First leg Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 2–2 France Lens Ramat Gan, Israel
17:00 Kubica 43'
Dayan 75'		 Report Sakho 38'
Job 55'		 Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Ivan Dobrinov (Bulgaria)
30 September 1999 Second leg Lens France 4–1
(4–3 agg.)		 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv Lens, France
18:00 Nouma 77'
Delporte 80'		 Report Basis 24' Stadium: Stade Félix-Bollaert
Attendance: 35,663
Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

Second round

28 October 1999 First leg Lens France 4–1 Netherlands Vitesse Lens, France
20:45 Brunel 3'
Nouma 17'
Nyarko 76'
Blanchard 87'		 Report van Hooijdonk 73' Stadium: Stade Félix-Bollaert
Attendance: 36,326
Referee: Siarhei Shmolik (Belarus)
4 November 1999 Second leg Vitesse Netherlands 1–1
(2–5 agg.)		 France Lens Arnhem, Netherlands
20:00 Kreek 64' Report Blanchard 90' Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Bernhard Brugger (Austria)

Third round

25 November 1999 First leg Lens France 1–2 Germany Kaiserslautern Lens, France
18:00 Schjønberg 85' (o.g.) Report Sikora 32' (o.g.)
Wagner 38'		 Stadium: Stade Félix-Bollaert
Attendance: 36,243
Referee: Alfredo Trentalange (Italy)
9 December 1999 Second leg Kaiserslautern Germany 1–4
(3–5 agg.)		 France Lens Kaiserslautern, Germany
18:00 Hristov 21' Report Job 20', 39'
Strasser 55' (o.g.)
Nyarko 90'		 Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)

Fourth round

2 March 2000 First leg Atlético Madrid Spain 2–2 France Lens Madrid, Spain
20:15 Hasselbaink 23', 78' Report Dacourt 15', 77' Stadium: Vicente Calderón Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)
9 March 2000 Second leg Lens France 4–2
(6–4 agg.)		 Spain Atlético Madrid Lens, France
21:00 Nouma 29', 53'
Sakho 37'
Brunel 71'		 Report Hasselbaink 45'
Kiko 65'		 Stadium: Stade Félix-Bollaert
Attendance: 37,229
Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia)

Quarter-finals

16 March 2000 First leg Celta Vigo Spain 0–0 France Lens Vigo, Spain
21:30 Report Stadium: Balaídos
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden)
23 March 2000 Second leg Lens France 2–1
(2–1 agg.)		 Spain Celta Vigo Lens, France
20:45 Ismaël 62' (pen.)
Nouma 72'		 Report Revivo 56' Stadium: Stade Félix-Bollaert
Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Paul Durkin (England)

Semi-finals

6 April 2000 First leg Arsenal England 1–0 France Lens London, England
20:00 Bergkamp 2' Report Stadium: Arsenal Stadium
Attendance: 38,102
Referee: Günter Benkö (Austria)
20 April 2000 Second leg Lens France 1–2
(1–3 agg.)		 England Arsenal Lens, France
20:45 Nouma 73' Report Henry 41'
Kanu 87'		 Stadium: Stade Félix-Bollaert
Attendance: 41,043
Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ↑ Job was born in Lyon, France, but also qualified to represent Cameroon internationally, and made his international debut for Cameroon in 1997.

References

  1. ↑ "Division 1 1999/2000 » Attendance » Home matches". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Lens 1999/2000". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "Lens - 1999/00". FootballSquads.co.uk. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
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